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JOSEPH A. BAUGHMAN, OF AKRON, OHIO.

MATCH MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION rorming part of Letters Patent No. 389,950, datedSeptember 25,1888.

Application filed April 19, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. BAUGHMAN, of Akron, county ofSummit, andState ofOhio, have invented new and useful Improvements inlVlatch-lilaking Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to that class of wellknown match making machinesin which match-sticks are cut from a block in the downward movement ofahead carrying the cutters, and are set in a receiving-plate in theupward movement of the head; and it consists, mainly, in thecombination, with a vertically-moving head carrying knives or cutters ofspecial construction and a vertical supportingplate having open-sidedgrooves, of a receiving-plate, into which the match-sticks are set, aswill be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a top view of the knife, showingholes extending through the shank of the same, by means of which holesthe knives are secured to the cutter-head; Fig. 2, a bottom view of thesame as it appears in connection with the block; Fig. 3, a side View ofthe knife as it is about to enter the block. Fig. 3 is an enlarged viewof Fig. 3; Fig. 4, a view of the knife with the stick out by it in placeas it appears when the latter is free to assume its natural positionFig. 5, a top view of the grooved supportingplate; Fig. 6, a top view ofthe grooved supporting-plate with the knives in position below theplate; Fig. 7, a front view of the same; Fig. 8, a view illustrating theoperation of the mechanism, with the parts in the relative positionsoccupied by them just before the sticks out from the block and held bythe knives and grooved supporting-plate are entered through the openingsin the guiding-plate into the receiving-plate; Fig. 9, a sectional Viewof a guide-plate employed in connection with the receiving-plate; Fig.10, a bottom view of the same; Fig. 11, a view illustrating theoperation of the mechanism, the parts being shown in the relativepositions occupied by them just before the knife descends to perform thecutting action.

To enable others skilled in the art to make Serial No.199 331. (Nomodel.)

and use my invention, I will proceed to describe fully the constructionof the same.

A represents a cylindrical knife, having a cutting-edge, a, at the lowerside of the same and the solid portions aato furnish the requisitestrength for the cutting action. The cylindrical opening through theknife isinclined inward from the end of the knife, as shown in Fig. 3,and also toward one side, as shown in Fig. 7. By means of the specificconstruction of the knife the proper clearance is obtained in thecutting action, and also the sticks when out are held against thebearing sides of the grooved supporting-plate with positive pressure, aswill be fully described hereinafter.

B, Figs. 8 and 11, represents any suitable head, in which the series ofknives A Ais held.

0 represents a supportingplate, located above the knives and in contacttherewith, as shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 11, which plate has open-sidedgrooves, as shown in Figs. 5and 7. This supporting-plate is soconstructed and so located relatively to the other parts that itsbearing-lines, against which the sticks rest when in placc,coincide invertical planes with the edges of the corresponding openings in theguidingandreceivingplates. Thecoincidence issuchsubstantially thatthecenter ofthesticks theopeningsintheguidingand reccivingplates above, ornear enough thereto for all practical purposes. The cut sticks are heldwith positive force against the bearing lines of the grooves by means ofthe peculiar construction of the knives, the pressure being exerted bythe knives upon the sticks, as indicated by the arrow, Fig. 6. By meansof this construction the sticks are firmly pressed back into the groovesand securely held in proper registering position during the upwardmovement, and consequently the upper ends enter without difficultythrough the openings in the guid ing-plate into the receiving-plate, andare thus properly set for dipping.

D represents the guiding-plate, ofany proper construction, and E thereceiving-plate in which the matches are set.

F represents a bar or plate, which is moved in beneath the cutters afterthe downward movement has been completed,to furnish abase of resistancefor the lower ends of the match at the upper ends registers with thecenter of a guideplate and a receiving-plate, substalr tially asdescribed.

3. In combination with a vertically-moving .head carrying cutters havinginclined openings, substantially as described, and a supporting-platehaving open-sided grooves, a receiving-plate and aholdingplate, F,substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 27th day of January, 1886.

JOSEPH A. BAUGHMAN.

.Vitnesses:

O. G. BARBER, CHARLES BAIRD.

